Apportis Blog
Why I Bought 5lb Weights, and The Importance of the Baby Step …
Full disclosure: I don’t work out a ton. I justify this because I walk everywhere and I eat a lot of kale salads. When I do work out, it’s a quick, 20-minute run. I have friends who are bodybuilders: they are hardworking, strong, talented people who work out to see...
Journal Entry 6 – Laissez les bon temps rouler! …
My family has had a four-day vacation planned to New Orleans for months now. Possibly the worst timing to start a new diet and wellness routine when you go to a city known for incredible food! I tried my best to not eat everything in sight, limit my beignet (French...
Journal Entry 5: Corned Beef and the First Milestone …
Apologies for taking longer than a week to update you on how my journey is going after it’s critical first week. I would like to report that it’s been easier than expected. Here are the numbers: Starting weight on 4/27: 317 lbs – it really sucks having to actually...
Journal Entry 4: Reflections on D-Day …
Today I started my journey to a healthier version of me. I video chatted with my coach, Katy Tombaugh from the Wellness Collective as we outlined a basic plan for me to start with. Can’t undue 12 years of neglect in a weekend, this is going to take a while. The...
Journal Entry 3: The “Perfect” Time To Start
I am sure like most everyone that takes on a fitness or diet regime, you wait until the perfect time to start. Certainly can’t start on a Thursday, who ever heard of anything starting on a Thursday?!I planned that my big adventure would start on a Monday - yesterday...
Journal Entry 2: Life Interrupts. …
Once upon a time I used to be athletic and pretty darn strong. My wife and I were that couple that got up at 5 am to get a workout in 3 days a week for years and years. Even before that I was a college wrestler (a looong time ago), so being in a weight room was part...
Journal Entry 1: Why Another Health and Wellness Platform? …
My name is Philip Payne, and I am the founder of Apportis. Follow me here as I tell my story and let you ride shotgun on my journey. I woke up one morning feeling awful as usual. I had a Doctor’s appointment later that day, and to mentally prepare for it, I stepped on...
Don’t Take My Word For It …
Telehealth is the ability to communicate virtually with your patients or client base. It is a word that is used to a broad spectrum of services: telemedicine, teletherapy, telepsychiatry, telenutrition, and so on....Telehealth is not just pigeon-holed for the...
Telemedicine – a very real tool for Doctors …
Daily, I read and research articles on Telemedicine and Health & Wellness. This article today hit home how Telemedicine is going to be a real tool for Doctors and other medical professionals to help with the opioid crisis that plagues this country and the world....
Interesting Corporate Wellness article – we can help!! …
A work colleague sent a published Harvard Business Review article to me via email. It is a great picture of where we currently are and which direction we should be heading. Article: How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works, by Hector De La Torre...
State of Ohio – Telemedicine Bill …
I wanted to let you know we have been notified this week that House Bill (HB 546) has been introduced to the House to discuss and approve Telemedicine services in the State of Ohio. The Bill has been introduced by Representative Patton with Cosponsors: Representatives...
Telemedicine – Congressional Bills proposed …
As we all know, locally and nationally, the opioid epidemic rages on. The opioids infiltrate every facet of our lives from honest-medicine application to the non-medicinal application that tears families and individuals apart. I attended a parent education seminar in...
APPORTIS makes USA Weekly article …
APPORTIS makes USA Weekly article
Season changes …
Now that the weather is in the ranges of a balmy 50'F - 60'F this week, it is time to check our stores of allergy "repellents" and, yes, I write this in the same sentence, plan to get out and enjoy the outdoors. As the flowers, grasses and trees all start their...
Skin check – imperative!
I am a person with a lot of moles. Having grown up around the Equator during the 1970's and 1980's I have always been sun-conscious and certainly conscious about my skin. After my first wife - Mitsy - passed away in March 2015 from Melanoma Cancer, this...
Re-Energize …
I am sure we can all admit at times we sit in the stillness of our abodes and think about the "highs and lows" from the day and how we reacted. This is a good skill for progress and self-analysis. Nowadays the realm of work and/or the workplace is an anxious arena...
Life is too short …
I stumbled across an inspirational speaker in Inky Johnson, a former TN University Football Player, who suffered a tragic injury in his senior year. I am not a follower of specific speakers in the game of football. I do follow my Faith, however. And Inky's testimony...
A New Paradigm in Health Insurance? …
When Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway decide to create a new company that will be the health insurance provider for their respective companies, Wall Street sits up. The premise is to offer a full-fledged Health Insurance program to their employees, yet...
Wellness Summit 2018
Tomorrow - Thursday, January 25, 2018 - is the first Wellness Workplace Summit to be held by our partner: The Wellness Collective. The Wellness Summit 2018 This is a one-day conference on how to create a thriving, high-performance culture by focusing on health and...
HAPPY New Year …
Now that we have all entered in to the new year, some of us may have set up new goals and aspirations. I have mine and they take the form of both private and professional goals. However, whether your aspirations and goals are hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or...
Columbus Startup APPORTIS Goes International …
APPORTIS recently returned from the 2017 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Philip Payne, founder of APPORTIS, took APPORTIS overseas to showcase his innovative solution to today’s wellbeing and healthcare issues. APPORTIS was the only U.S. startup selected to be part of...
Friendly network …
No matter the business relationship or the personal relationship we must all be aware that we are all working together, not so that one gets ahead of the rest, but that we can push each other on to greatness and success. Be sure to give, be real, complimentary, and...
APPORTIS Named One of the Most Innovative Startups in the US by Web Summit …
APPORTIS team members are packing their bags and heading overseas for the 2017 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal on November 7-9. With over 65,000 attendees, Web Summit is the largest tech conference in the world. APPORTIS was picked by Web Summit as one of the most...
I want’ never gets …
Manners and politeness have always been instilled in me. From my parents, from life, my Scottish heritage and from my days at Boarding School. It is enough to make my skin crawl nowadays when I see or hear anything to the contrary to good manners and politeness. The...
Telemedicine, it is just the tonic …
Mary Poppins' songs can sometimes still echo in the ears of many my age - Gen X'ers...cough, cough - singing about a spoonful of sugar making the medicine going down. I pose this question, tongue-in-cheek: Was Mary Poppins the beginning of Telemedicine? The...
Coordinated efforts with APPORTIS …
Hello Reader, It is our aim at APPORTIS to bring a coordinated effort for our customers to give THEIR customers a smooth journey. This article investigates this and reaffirms our commitment to you, our customer. We want to be your single destination for service....
10 Tweaks To Your Morning Routine That Will Transform Your Entire Day …
Great little read I picked up this morning on how to get your mind and body right as you begin your productive day. One key point that I took from this article, that I would like to share with you all, along with my thoughts on the matter is, no e-mailing or fiddling...
Sugar – A Sweet Poison …
In most parts of the world, sugar is a vital part of the human diet, making food more palatable and providing food energy. After cereals and vegetable oils, sugar derived from sugar cane and beet provide more kilocalories. According to the FAO, an average of 24...
Gluten Intolerance and Eczema …
Eczema: Eczema is an itchy, scaly skin rash, most commonly occurs in children and also occurs in adults. When you have eczema, you develop red patches, cracked skin that sometimes weeps clear fluid. The treatment of eczema starts by using corticosteroids topically...
Your office job might be hazardous to your health! …
You’ve made a commitment to improve your health, to eat better and exercise more, but sitting at your desk in your office may be hazardous to your health. Those long periods in front of your computer can also result in poor posture, neck, shoulder, and back pain....
Osteoporosis – What is it and some preventative measures
What do know about Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a common disease of the bones. It occurs when you lose too much bone and synthesize a little of it. Due to which, your bones become too weak and may break from a minor fall even from simple actions, like bumping into...
Haven’t Exercised in a While? – Start Today! …
Aside from healthy eating, the most effective step that you can take to improve your health is to get off your butt and exercise. Moving MORE will improve your circulation, increase your metabolism and promote weight loss, relieve stress and even decrease your risk...
Everyone Stumbles …
Love this quote! Everyone stumbles, but lean on your support systems, family, and friends to get up, dust off and get right back at it.
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